The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-01-29

II ever n place was in sad need OF "A
decent cemetery, this Is the place. Hour
metropolis even bordercd on respectable
ity, less notice would be taken Of 1t. But
the idea OF laying our beloved dead 20
rest i'm a place like that is simply revolt
ing. Cattle have the freedom of the
sacred ground and now there are many
graves there that can scarcely be dis
cerned at all, having been trampled down
by the foot OF man and beast. Just stop
and think what "A pretty place could be
made of our cemetery ON the hill We
want, and human dccency demands IL, a
neat and well-kept place 60 lay away our
dead in their last, long sleep, and at
present there are
NO MEANS At HAND
with which Co beautiiy, fence in and other
wise make the place more Of credit to
it's town thanitisno Means can easily
be provided To do this il only the proper
course is taken, and there is no good rea-
son why il shoudnot bc at once adopted.
Insurance rates are high in Crystal Falls.
No first class companies will do any bus
mess here az all and we are obliged to I'M
sure I'm underground concerns, which are
only little better than nothing. Many
prefer To carry their own insurance. Why
SOP Simply because there is no fire
steamer here, or no other means for ex-
tinguishing fires when once they get n good
start. There is way To obtain all of
this. Then again, peddlers can come here
WITHOUT BEING LICENSED,
and sell their inferior shop-worn goods TO
the gullible, thereby robbing our mer-
chants OF their just dues. This evil can,
+ in "a measure be prevented. Crystal Falls
needs city marshal and night watchman
! but has no means on hand at present to
( Justify the provision OF those commod-
1 tiles And there are many other things
that the town is badly in need OF which
( il the proper and only course is pursued
/ il can easily have. This is the plan sug-
gesting itself to the writer for obtaining
all of these actual necessities: That IL
the organization Of "A village. This can
be done. BY the organization OF u vii
laee, money that now goes all over the
township, doing the village
LITTLE OR NO REAL GOOD,
could and would be used togood advant.
age within the village limits. There arr
twenty saloons here and each pay an
annual license Of $500, which is an an.
nual income OF 81, 600 from that source
alone. With that amount hand much
good work could be inaugurated at once
We will need town hall, for when the
county seat Of Iron county il located
here, which is certainly aquestion Of only
n brief time, n place will have to be pro
vided in which 10 hold Circuit court; this
outlay will return "A revenue in the form
81 rents A town hall, and n good one
can be erected at an outside cost oi
$4,000 A village ordinance can be en-
acted prohibiting peddlers
SELLING THEIR WARES
without first paying n license fee. That
would stop most of them. A fire engin,
could be purchased and rates OF insur
ancc lowered and property holders mad,
20 feel safer The cemetery would b,
fenced in and bcautifed and many Other
much needed improvementsm made. Every
citizen can see that naught but good vii
come Of the organization OF village
Many Of the heavier Taxpayers may
think that the rate OF taxation will b,
increased, but il at all, only go slight that
taking into consideration the benefits "a
be derived from the projected organiza
ton, NO true citizen will make a very
great fuss over an increase OF one or two
mills. Why should we not
BE AN INCORPORATED VILLAGE?
IL is perfectly proper and there are nc
plausible reasons why IL should not b'
done. Other towns are accorded that
right, the law provides for itand we want
IL. The editor, after talking with severa
OF our prominent business men on tn,
subject and meeting with much encourage
ment, has taken the responsibility upor
himself 20 call a meeting Of the citizens o
Crystal Falls 20 consider the advisability
OF an organization as above mentioned
The call will be found In another column
and IL is earnestly requested that every
citizen with the good OF his town at heart
xytll ,.oo,,,..d apd 10 all Ia hia ,,oxrc,. 4.